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[154] Aeterni ignes of all the heavenly bodies, as ‘ad sidera’ merely means ‘to heaven.’ ‘Vos et vestrum numen:’ pleonastic, like Lucr. 1.6, “fugiunt . . te nubila caeli, Adventumque tuum.” Comp. also 4. 27, “quam te violo aut tua iura resolvo.” Markland ingeniously but needlessly conjectured ‘Vestae’ for ‘vestrum.

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